O'Bannon High School

O'Bannon High School is a high school of small scale in Greenville, Mississippi, part of Western Line Schools, hosting 474 students in grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 27% below the state mean of about 651.

Within Western Line Schools, which oversees 4 schools and 1,739 students, O'Bannon High School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, O'Bannon High School reports that 79% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 13% multiracial, 4% White.

On the resource side, The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), O'Bannon High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.5%; this one delivers 36.3%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Washington County indicate the typical household earns roughly $42,165 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 22%. Across Washington County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,329 students), O'Bannon High School is one campus in the mix.

O'Bannon Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around O'Bannon High School.

O'Bannon High School operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at O'Bannon High School has edged up 13%, going from 420 students in 2018 to 474 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 93% to 79% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.